新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/08/12

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Saturday, August 12, 2017.

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on our program this morning...

Chinese and Russian authorities are calling on both Pyongyang and Washington to dial-back the rhetoric¹ when it comes to the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Incumbent² Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of the Presidential election in Kenya.

Hong Kong has been identified as one of the regions which has taken pesticide-laden eggs from northern Europe.

Thirty-six people are dead following a traffic accident in northwestern China.

In the second half of our program

We talk opera, cultural services and the battle against desertification in northern China...

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1 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

2 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。